Method for producing a mixture containing cycloalkanones and cycloalkanols.

摘要

Disclosed in a method for producing a mixture containing cycloalkanone and/or cycloalkanol which comprises oxidizing a cycloalkane with molecular oxygen to a cycloalkyl hydroperoxide represented by the formula (1): (wherein m represents an integer of 4 (wherein R<1>, R<2>, R<3> and R<4> independently represent hydrogen or a lower alkyl group) and/or a catalyst composition comprising at least one metal complex represented by the formula (4): (wherein M represents Co, Mn, Cr or Fe, X represents an anionic ligand, R<1>, R<2>, R<3> and R<4> independently represents hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, p is 1 or 2 and q is 0, 1 or 2). Advantages of the method are higher conversion of cycloalkyl hydroperoxide, higher yields of cycloalkanone and cycloalkanol and higher production ratio of cycloalkanone.